Health Beat 7/29

Abby Ham updates you on the latest health news.

Key to weight loss could lie within your gut

If you want to lose weight any dietitian will tell you to eat less and exercise more, but researchers say the bacteria in your gut may play a huge role in the size of your waistline.

Health Beat 7/28

Abby Ham updates you on the latest health news.

Study finds people with active social lives live longer

Health Beat 7/27

Abby Ham updates you on the latest health news.

Infant mortality and child death rates improve in Tennessee

The bleak portrait of infant mortality and child and teen death rates in Tennessee may be brightening.

Health Beat 7/26

Abby Ham updates you on the latest health news.

Doctors warn that summer heat can take its toll

Dehydration, a precursor to more extreme heat related illnesses is a major problem at this time of year.

New screening could detect disease before tumors form

Catching cancer early can dramatically improve a patient's prognosis.

Whooping cough makes a comeback

Whooping cough is making headlines in locations around the country, particularly in California, where six infants have died from it this year. California has declared whooping cough an epidemic, the worst the state has seen in 50 years.

August RAM clinic in Williamsburg, KY cancelled

A RAM spokesperson and officials from the clinic host, University of the Cumberlands, said they did not have enough participation from volunteers in the dental field to hold the clinic as scheduled.

Health Beat 7/23

Abby Ham updates you on the latest health news.

Rules to ease consumer appeals in health coverage

Mental illness costing military soldiers

The number of soldiers forced to leave the Army because of a mental disorder has increased by 64% since 2005.

New discovery could make inhalers a thing of the past

There is new hope for millions of asthma sufferers.